Jeep Grand Cherokee (Rick's Build)

[JRmudmanXJ]

How's Jim doing?

 

[Mnster]

He's supposed to come to Ricks tonight to help with the shock hoops and coilovers. Rick might throw a party and get some work done."thumbsup"

 

[ScGRaceR]

nice , rick save me a beer and a hamburger!

 

[Mnster]

Jim, Jane and Dan decided to go to Ricks house to ride some of his toys. After hitting some trails they came back to Ricks to help with his Jeep.

Discussing what they should do, they decided to send Jane on a beer run.

Rick then described what he wanted as far as shock hoops.

Jim went to work on redesigning the panhard rod setup.

Jim grabbed a TLT bracket and headed to the grinder.

Dan chopped off a piece of 1/8 rod stock and bent it to shape.

Dan marked where it needed to go on the chassis.

Jim then came strolling into the room with the bracket.

After test fitting it, he marked the position.

After seeing that they had parts ready for welding they decided it was time for tear down.

I helped them with the welding, and they were ready to go again.

Reassembly

Dan then decide to show a old time trick.

After stripping off a section of insulation he used it as a shock bushing. The new bushing provides far less binding.

Jim removed the old panhard setup.

And after few hours of work, they were done.

The suspension mainly uses droop to get it's flex.

Two tires worth of flex is good for one end of the Jeep. With the addition of the rear suspension we should make the four tire mark.

More later...

 

[JRmudmanXJ]

Great addition Rick,Jim, and Dan.....by the way, who is dan?

Can't wait for the next updates"thumbsup"

 

[ScGRaceR]

nice work team!!!!

what color are you going to do the frame?


i suggest accents on the suspension pieces like aftermarket lift kits

 

[JRmudmanXJ]

He should do flat black powder coat with blue or red shock hoops8)

 

[Brandon M]

Dan? Where did he come from? After seening Ricks build on chitownrc, I got into rockcrawling. I am liking Ricks build a lot. Makes me want to buy another tlt for a scale build

 

[west virginia krawler]

did jane ever come back?:lol:


nice build. maybe 1 day ill have your skills"thumbsup"

 

[cammok5]

thats what i was thinking. she stoll the sled and the beer money :-(

 

[Mnster]

Dan is Jim and Ricks dad.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showpost.php?p=454177&postcount=486

I plan to paint the frame black and accent the hoops with a Calmini like blue or Rancho red. Going to add some inner fender wells to really make the hoop and shock pop out.

 

[FFRCJosh]

And after a few hours of work, they were done

What happened to Jane in all of that? I thought she was pickin' up the beers!

Dan is Rick and Jim's old man.

I'm just loving all the builds


******EDIT******* That's what I get for taking my time on posts! All the posts above asked the same thing

 

[Cheftyler]

Dan is Jim and Ricks dad.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showpost.php?p=454177&postcount=486

I plan to paint the frame black and accent the hoops with a Calmini like blue or Rancho red. Going to add some inner fender wells to really make the hoop and shock pop out.

If you do the shock hoops in Calmini Blue will the blue flake off just as easily? :lol:

I kid...sorta

 

[Stallion1967]

This thing is looking sweet!! I love tose shock mount loops!

 

[Nitro]

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Good job Rick, it is coming alone nicely. Keep the updates coming.

 

[Emaxximuss78]

Nice build Rick.
One question for Jim. What happend to Janes arm? Did she lose it working on jims truck?:shock:

 

[WKCrawler]

so sweet.

 

[Mnster]

Nice build Rick.
One question for Jim. What happend to Janes arm? Did she lose it working on jims truck?:shock:

:lol: It's really wierd how the pics make it look as though she is armless. She is fine somehow the camera angles made it look as though something was wrong.

 

[theshimonator]

any updates?

 

[RustyCrawler]

very nice

very good job "thumbsup"